1. Rise and Fall of Civilization Babylon

2. Similarities of Babylon and Sumer Farmers Artisans Traders Traded goods with distant parts of the Fertile Crescent and with Egypt and India.

3. Babylonian Women Had some legal and economic rights, including property rights. Women could be merchants or even scribes.

4. Geography of Babylon Located in Southern Mesopotamia Near the Persian Gulf

5. The City of Babylon Massive walled city Network of Canals Vivid green crops 300 –foot high Ziggurats Ziggurats were multilevel towers that served as temples. Elaborate gates designed with dragons and bulls

6. Scientific Advancements Their astronomers, scholars who studied the stars and planets, developed a lunar calendar. The calendar provided for a 12-month year, a 7-day week and a 24-hour day. Created a system of arithmetic based on the number 60. Gave us the 60 –minute hour and the 360 degree circle.

7. The Babylonian Empire Invaders from what is now Syria conquered the city-states of lower Mesopotamia. King named Hammurabi (ruled 1792-1750 B.C.) became the greatest ruler of this new empire. He made the city of Babylon his capital and called his empire Babylonia. The conquering of most of the Tigris and Euphrates dismantled city-states and brought the region under one rule.

8. Explain: For both trade and agriculture, the Babylonian Empire was well located.